The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MATISB 0 ROUGH- STREET. TAE HAYMARKET AGAlN.—Herry Isaacson, clerk, 40, Norfolk. street, Strand, was charged before Mr. Knox with behaving in a diSorderly manner in Norris-street and the Haymarket. Staines, 123 C, said that at an early hour that morning he heard a great disturbance in the Haymarket, and saw the defendant there with two friends who were trying to get him away. He requested the defendant, who had been fighting, to go away, but he refused, and got his legs be tween his (Staines') and threw him down, and then struck him on the breast. Knox asked whether there was any repetition of the conduct of the previous night in the Haymarket. Inspector Silverton said there was, and he had to send for the picket to take away a soldier. There was a large nutn b,r of .persons there, and a good many young gentlemen. He had to remain on duty in the Haymarket for nearly two hours. The defendant said that what had been said was true. Ile had been drinking, and was not in the place more than five minutes, and he was sorry for what had occurred. Staines said he did not think the defendant threw him Mr. Knox, after stating that the defendant had said the best thing he could—that he was sorry for it—and advised him to keep from the H tymarket, fined him 103. or 7 days. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. About £52,000 in bar gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, but 40,000 sovereigns were with drawn for exportation to the East. There was no material alteration in the foreign exchange, yester day afternoon. The bar silver by the West India packet has been sold at ss. 1/1. per oz., being rather higher than the price recently obtained. This improvement has been produced by the advance just telegraphed from Bombay. Since Monday last the specie movement has been of a very extensive character, the imports having amounted to £1,370,300, while the exports have only reached £413,300. There is no new feature in the general discount market, and the demand for accommodation con tinues moderately active, but there .is also a good supply of capital. The charges for first-class bills range from 51 to 6 per cent., and no further con cessions are expected until after the distribution of the April dividends on New Threes, Reduced, Sc 3. A call of £5 per share, payable o❑ the Ist pros., bas been made by the directors of the Standard Bank of British South Africa. The directors of the Credit Mobilier (Limited) have notified that, notwithstanding the receipt of three times the number of applications for shares than were to be issued, an allotment has been made to each subscriber. The Bolivian Government has appeared in this market for a 7 per cent. loan, amounting to £1,500,000, of which £500,000 is reserved till next Sear. The bonds are to be emitted in sums of £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO each, redeemable at par in 25 ye,rs by an accumulating sinking fund commencing at 2 per cent. on the 15th March, 1866. The open• ton is brought forward by the London and County Bank, and the proceeds are to be applied strictly to industrial purposes—viz., the formation ~of a credit e s t a bli shment at Potosi, to assist exclusively the mining interests of the State, to the con struction of bridges, roads, and other public works, with a view to develops the vast mineral wealth, the guano trade and the commercialresources of the country genera l ly. For the due payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal the Government of the Republic have specially hypo thecated the proceeds of the guano deposits, as well eal the revenues accruing from the customs of the 1,1,T of Cobija and the towns of Oruro and LaPay. IA ? Ite.Public has no external debt, and its internal o igations are stated not to exceed half a million sterling,. and this the Government intend to extin guish next year by the remaining issue (X 500,000) of this loan. Tao sofubscr llowi n iptions can be made in the fog instaltnent s :—XS on application, £lO on allotment, £lO on 15th April, £l5 on 16th May, £lO on 15th June, £l5 on 15th July, £l5 on 15th -August, and £8 —less the dividend of 3,1 per cent. `Oh 15th September. Discount at the rate of 5 Per cent. will be allowed for prepayments in full. T he quotation at the Stock Exchange this morning 2 prem. The shares of the Dutch Tramway Company Were in demand early in the day at 11 prem., and Closed at 2 prem. The prospectus of Silvee's India-rubber Works and Telegraph Cable Company (Limited) has been Put before the public, and, to all appearance, on a very sound footing, The capital is to be £500,000 In 10,000 shares of £5O each, of which 5,000 is to be a first issue, £2 per share is to be paid on appli cation, and £3 on allotment, of which a considerable proportion have already been subscribed for. The 'works are already well and favourably known, and but little doubt can be entertained that, with the influence of the important board of directors, whose tames will be at once recognised as gentlemen of :standing, these hitherto successful works wi,l Tepidly expand. Not the least guarantee of this is the fact that Messrs. Silver and Co. will remain Ide ntified with the extended operations of the watpany, A Company has been formed for effectively carry- I ng out and extending Bonelli's Electric Telegraph. The capital is to be £250,000, of which £25,00 forms the original capital of the company. Under th e proposed new management there will be a fur ,r-er iss ue of £225,000, i n 22,500 s h are o f £lO each. : L he dep osit to be £1 on application, and £1• on al lotead ment. we may notice that a line has been t , a tr es tablished between Manchester and Liver pool, t he Working of which proves to demonstra tion the excellence of Bonelli's method over that of other telegraphic systems, and the names of the gentlemen who form the Directory are guarantee that full scope shall be given to the Workin g of it out. Arrangements have been made 1 ° acquire the patent right for the United Kingdom, a s also to meet the great expenditure necessary to carry out the extensive operations which are pro- Posed. It is intended by this company to reduce the tariff of charge for messages to a uniform rate of . siZpence for the usual 20 words. The typo-electrical Instrument possesses peculiar advantages —among others the printing of each message in the very act 0 1 transmission, and also the greater celerity with Which communications may be forwarded. The ex- Periments which have been already made so success fully show the great value and importance which blued attach the commercial world, more especially, 10 the operations of this important company. it „The shares of the Frontino and Boling G o ld ' 4i niog Company were in demand at and 1 prem. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. tte uter's t e l egram, the Three per Cent. R entes 43 Pened at 66.10 66,05. Very flat. The English Stock Market presents renewed Indications of heaviness, and the funds have de clined another k per cent. This downward ten he=y is p ro d uced b y sales in realisation of profits, tand he being an absence of unfavourable rumours, not much business in progress. Consols are for money, and 91 2- 4 for the account. k be New Th rees and Reduced are 89 Es a ; ' c hequer Bills, 93. 33. dis. ; and India 5 per Cents., There has also been leas buoyancy in the Foreign „s4Etrket and business h as b een very much curtailed. l 'urltish 6 per Cents., 862, are 71 71 .k ; ditto Consolides, 532- ; Greek , 23 241-; di Coupons, 11 1; l Alealean, ; Spanish Passive, tto 351 36; ' d itto Ce rt ifi cates, 13 4 t; Portuguese, 481- ; 'G 4 7 . 4; and the Confederate Loan, 51 33. The operations in the Railway Share Market 11 , 0 e bee n li mited, and in a few instances prices Weste rn sh own less firmness. Great Eastern, Great Western Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and nu th Eastern h ave each declined 5s ; while Great e rthern A stock, and London and Brighton leaproved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive at about previous rates. xhk and 'Miscellaneous Shares generally sup port previous (potations. Alliance Bank realise 491 t ; Imperial Bank, 34 35; Metropolitan and Provincial, 251 26; New Zealand, 11 k ; City Offices shares are quoted 31 4 prem. ; Queens land Sheep, to 1 prem.; Credit Mobilier, 14 21 prom. ; Credit Fancier, 4 41 prem. ; Financial Cor poration, 21 3 prem. ; National Marine Insurance Company, a 1/ prem. ; Imperial Financial, 44 prem.; Thames Iron Shipbuilding, 3 31 prem.; the 7 per Cent. Bolivian Loan, 1 to 11 prem.; North Aus tralian Company, 11 prem.; Central Argentine Railway, 11 to 1: prem. ; London and Liverpool Hotel, 11 2 prem.; London Gas Metro Company, preen.; Fore Street Warehouse, 51 6 prem. BRITISH FUNDS— CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, April 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent B9a I \Tew 21 per Cent, Jan. 1891.... Annuities, 30 yrs, 'expire ;Ali Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1385 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 7 3 dis Ditto £500 Ditto £lOO anl £200 dank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last V.-ye shut INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 18.70 Ditto Account..., , — Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do , ertificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 lO4 DitLo 5/ per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto Bonds £l.OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....- Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - Ditto 1863 B9l Ditto Scrip, £55 paid Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO/ Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account — Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account 1 la Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian O per Uent.(Marenunana Railway) 74/ Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account.... Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account ... ... 181 a Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent - Ditto Account Ditto Pas , sive Ditto Account .. 351 6 51 i Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Ditto Account l3/ 1 Uurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 . — Ditto Account 7O i Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds 7l/ 1 Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 1/ pei Cent. Dividends on the above payable in Lond n Dutch 2i par Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account .. 67 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto April Account .. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet, but firm. Sales about 6,000 bales cr more. Imports, 13 287. ME rROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. This board met as usual yesterday, at the offices in Spring-gardens ; the President, J. Thwaites, Esq., took the chair at twelve o'clock. FINANCE. The cash statement for the current week shows a total general balance of £188,797 12a 41. EXTENSION OF THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Mr. LONG introduced a deputation from the inhabitants of Shoreditch, praying the board to oppose the extension of the line from Shoreditch to 'Wormwood-street. The views of the memorialists were that it the work were carried out it would necessatily involve the destruction of a large amount of property, and would do more harm than good. Referred to the Streets Committee for consideration and report. TMPROVEMRNT or NEIVGATE-STREET. A - report was brought up from the Works and Improve ment Committee, recommending (among other things) that the board do contribute the sum of £3,058 10s, being one half the cost of effecting a public improvement in Newgate • street, to be carried out by the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London, by laying into the public way so mach of the sites of the houses, Nos. 67 to 70, inclusive, in that street, as is shown on the plan accompanying the memorial, at an estimated cost of £6,117 exclusive of professional charges ; and that ouch amount be pad to the Commission ers of Sewers of the city of London, oa a certificate from the architect of this board of the completion of the work. After considerable discussion and several divisions, it was eventually decided by the casting vote of the chairman that the amount to be contributed should be £2,500. The routine business having been disposed of, the board adjourned. SALE OF Mn, THACKERAY'S LlERARY.—Yester day, the third and last day of the sale of Mr. Thackeray's effects, the library of the deceased gentleman, was put up to auction. There was a very numerous atten dance of ladies end gentlemen connected with literature and the fine artb. The books were put up in 326 lots, and were in number about .5,000 vols. They were of the most miscel- laneous description, and many of them sold for very high prices. A few were very rare, and found a bidding propor tionacely high. The following is a list of the principal books eold, with the prices annexed :—"Ainsworth'e Latin Diction ary," with autograph, " W. M. Thackeray, Charter House, July, 1827," £4 15s, " Biographie Universelle Ancienne et Moderne," 52 vols., Paris, £B. "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens., presentation copy, inscribed "W. M. Thackeray, from Charles Dickens, whom he had made very happy a long way from home." For this little book, an ordi nary copy of Mr. Dickens's story, there was an exciting com petition, and it was at length sold for £25 10s. Chastellux (Marquis de) "Travels in North America," with autograph of Washington (1787), £1 108. " Cornhill Magazine," from January, 1860, to June, 1862, 5 volumes, in red morocco, £3 12s 61 ; ditto, in green ditto, £3. De Quincey (['homes), " Selections, Grave and Gay" (14), Edinburgh, in date, £5 10s. Bronte (Charlotte), " Vil lette," 3 vole , a presentation copy, £5 ss. "The Gentle man's Magazine," from commencement in 1731 to 1827, 112 vols., £ll. "Herodoti Historiarum Libri IX Cure," T. Gaisford, with an autograph of Mr. Thackeray, £6. " Homeri Odyssea cum Schollis Veteribus," and auto graph, £3 10s. " A Course of Mathematics," by C. Hutton, with an autograph of Mr. Thackeray (1806) £3 10s. " Liai sons Dangereuses (1788), recueillies dans une Societe ;" ditto, " Recueil des Faceties Parisiennes (1760) £3 10s. " Memoirs pour servir a l'Histoire de France de tails le XIIIe Sidole jusqu'a la Fin du XVIIe," 33 vols., Paris, 1837, £6. The Midnight Spy ; or, a View of the Transactions of London and Westminster from the Hours of Ten in the Evening till Five in the Morning" (1766), £2 4s. Paine's "Common Sense," addressed to the inhabitants of America (1792), £2 2s. Rabelais (F.), "Works, translated and illustrated by M. Laduchat." 4 vols., £1 Bs. " Shakspere," the text re vised by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, 6 vole. (1857), £3 10s. Thackeray (Rev. F.), "Researches into the Ecclesiastical and Political State of Ancient Britain," 2 vols., £l. " Walpole's Letters," edited by Peter Cunningham, pre sentation copy, £3 ss. "The Bloody Register; a Select and Judicious Collection of the most remarkable Trials for Murder, Treason, Rape, Highway Robbery, and Piracy, from the year 1700 to 1761," 4 vole., £4 17s GI " Wieland's Poetiscbe Work," 49 vole , 1 eipsig, 1818, £1 18s. Quartos: " Froissart's Chronicles," translated from the original by Lord Berners, reprinted from Pynson's edi tions of 1523 and 1525, 2 vole., £3 15. " Worcester's Dic tionary of the English Language," presentation copy, Bos ton, 1860, £ll7s, _Punch, Vols. I, to XXII,, Vols. XXXI. XXXII., XXXVII., XXXVIII., and XLI. to XLIV„ bound in 15 vols., and 1 vol. of 1850, £3 4s. Richard Doyle's Foreign "Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones, and Robinson," 1854, £1 3s. There were some curious old folios, consisting principally of engravings in outline, and plates coloured and plain. The moat remarkable of these was a volume, " Monthly Masks of Vocal Musick, containing all the choices Songs by the best Masters," Dr. Kitchener's copy, £2 6s. The" Spec tator," Noe. Ito 200, 3 vols., £4 ; " Laiger : 160 Carica tures, from 1782 to 1810, arranged chronologically, and marked wi'h Names," £2 ss. " Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la Fin du Dix. huiti twenty. eight plates, by Moreau Neuwied, 1789. £2. Doyle (R.), "Ye Manners and Ye Customs of ye Englisho," £1 13s. Ditto, "Selections from Rejected Cartoons," with descriptive letter-press and critical remarks, presentation copy, £1 14s. There were a gre4 number of books, in cluding cases of French novels, magazines, miscellaneous works, and ephemeral papers, which were eagerly bid for by the dealers, and call for no particular description. It is reported, upon good authority, that the murderer Townley has been put to the trade of a weaver, in the Model Prison of Pentonville.---Derby Afercury. T hequotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., ana the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On com p a ring these rates with the English Mint price of 43 175 . wit per ounce for standard gold, it appe, s that gold is about 1-loth p er ce*, c l e arer in London than in Paris, SHARE MARKETS.---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUIiI. Business iharel Railways. , 1 i „. raid) Ci r °B ioe in . g done 13.14, Sir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 /11 25 Blythe and Tyne. , all 10 Bost„Sleat.,andMid.t.lo all 51 9 st Bristol and Exeter 1 100 3 5 st Caledonian 1 100 11 8 81 1191 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall 1 0 Do A i A gets no div 1 0 Do. B till6p cp an.basl all all been paid tro 8., 50 Dublin & Belfast June.l all 35 37 25 ,Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc.i all 16 17 at lEdlnburgh & Glasgow.: 100 91 93 at C, lasg. and S. Western.; 100 101 1 06 at !GreatEastern, Ord. stk' 100 17 8 471 f et Ditto A stock - at Ditto East Anglls.n at] 100 61 71 at GreatNorthof Scotland 103 et Great Northern 1 100 127 1t":8 et Do A stock st Do Udo at Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland 100 93 95 at. Great Western llOO co 661 66 51 at Do Str Val gua. stock ! 100 at Lancashiee,t Yorkshire 100 1 ( 9 l 11 0 st ;London and Blackwall 103 68 70 et I Len., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 103 101 104 1 st !Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 424 43k st !Lon. & North Western 100 1081 leBl 1081 / st Lon. & Str.th Western 100 98 100 98 St Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 52 53 531 21 50 , Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 I Dot shares... ..... ~ all at Metropolitan a ll 1111 111 1221 1 at Midland ' 100 1274 1281 st Do Birming. & Derby 100 96 98 98/ P 50 Ilid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 I Do Cray Line et INorth British at lEdin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 26 st • INth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1002 101 i 101 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 0 et Do Leeds lOO 551 551 at Do York at , Do Carlisle lO3 at North London 10 I Do New 5 1 2 p 9.16.4 North Staffordshire 1U N. and S. IV. Junction all lti 111 at !Scottish Central at I Scot N. lil., Aber. stock 100 4 1 . 44 at I Do Soot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 'Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 84 86 at South Eastern at South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 100 98 101 20 staines,Wok.,andWolt. all 61 91 . 35 'Stockton & Darlington' all 87 38 25 Do l7 19110 e 25 Do New, 186 G lO 1 7 8 p st Taff Vale. 10 Do B 8 5 7 t 10 Do C 3 3 4 p 50 Ulster 2.1 Do (2.10 Do 5l at ,Vale of Neath st , Victoria sta. and Pim lOO at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 —.-., at 'West Cornwall , 100 22 24 at ,W. Hartlepool I.lar.&R ! 100 at 'West Midland -Oxfordi 100 ..,,. ' at Do Newport, 100 ... .-- st Do liereto r d 100 TEE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1864. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE, (This Day.) The never-ceasing wheel of time has brought round another University Boat Race, and we believe there never has been one that has created more excitement than the present, nor in which there has been either a greater amount of money speculated, or the odds have more fluctuated. The love of the English for aquatic sports in this our seagirt isle is a striking trait in their character, and the penchant has been fostered by the esta blishment and wide increase of rowing clubs amongst the people of every position and denomination. r 'When the University race first commenced, rowing at the Universities was in its infancy compared with its present maturity; it was not then as it is now. It was considered enough to bring them into comp e titi o n now a nd th en , b u t not yearly. There was a gap of seven years between the first and second matches, and three more before they again entered the lists, and a corresponding time afterwards, but for the last 10 years it has been annual. Its attractions were at first insignificant, but the most cursory reference to the contests of later years must show the interest and importance that have gradually grown with its growth and strengthened with its strength. To not only the old University men ani the public at large is this peculiarly a matter of excitement and interest, but it is anticipated with mingled feelings of anxiety and pleasure by the crews themselves—notwithstanding the severe training and enormous self-denial to which they are subjected, and talked of with pride and admiration in after life, to the latest period, by its heroes. In the revolutions of time there have been exactly 20 contests between the sister universities, In the first 9 of these, extending over a period of 20 years from 1829 . to 1849, Cambridge won 7, but latterly fortune has smiled upon their opponents, and in the last 11 years, including the three last, Oxford has achieved 8 victories to 3 of Cambridge ; so it will be seen that the present race was to determine out of the whole which was the winner, and the anxiety which has been manifested during the past week, and the larg e attendance at Putney, conclusively attest the interes t which was taken in the result. The following were the gentlemen composing the crews : OXFORD. et lb C. P. Roberts, Trinity W, Awdry, Balliol F. H. Kelley, University J. C. Parson, Trinity .... W. B. Jacobson, Christ Church l2 4 A. E. Seymour, - University M. Brown, Trinity D. PocWinton, Brasenose C, T. Tottenham, Christ Church (coy) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing bar , ___ Railways Fwd. Price. Onsinese don. __ I.a , I.ttan tic &St Lawrenot all 58 60 sw j Isom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 12..6 1031 1014 1031 / Gu. 6 per cent... 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. 7l p 1 p .e.Ol Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 6 5; 10 Bu D fl 9 a . lo P , r li e r t i e sn r r o k e t Oa r . iCli ''ll 74 81 200 i 10 - - ( 6 p. et, bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187.. 100 - - .00 : )o. do. Jua, 1, 1 , -; , 100 - - 't ,:lcutta..aS,Easta., I.:. 100 102 101 st ,!apeTown & Dock Sart: 100 103 10 2,tock Eastia. Bengal gu. sp. 100 .051 1063 .teok East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1041 205 104; f 20 Do. do. U Ext..... 15 4 4 P 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 4 4 P stock Graud frank of Canada let: 10 20 191 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 73 15 100 Do. ao. deferred...... all 58 0 2 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonds., all 65 67 6 64 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 51 b 3 10 0 Do. 3d P. ef. stock ... all 49 5 t 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 12 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock... all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 15 stook GtlndiaPentn.gua.sp.o 100 1031 104/ 1044 1 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 44 1 - Do. January, 1862 .. - - - stock (it. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 101 Gt. W. ot Canada Shares all 91 10 94 4 204 Do. New . . 18 11 101 f; 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8 .. all 85 87 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 I 4), 2; stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 (021 lull 1021 atonic Do.ll p. o. Extension 100 97 48 stock De.** d 0........ 100 b 2 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - stock Melb.Corp. is p. o. Bnds. 100 - - 50 Melb. & ilobson's Bay. all 55 58 100 Do. 7p. o. Along. Bds. alt - - t 0 21ewBrunawicit a Candat Class Aan d B I all 8 5 N. ill.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 82 0-4 stock Soinde. .......... I (100 103} 1041 1044 4 stock Do. Delhi •4: 100 103 104 10 Do. do .. a ' l c t , I 2 i. st Do. Punjaub .... ac 2 ' all 102/ 1033 Do. Do. ........ lg. , 100 - - I sock Do. Indus. St. Flo. 00e 98 10) , ''OLONIAL GOV ERNMEN'I SEC U ItiTIP,::.. - C:a.t.(ior. 6 p.c.J a&J uly - 1877-84 ................ ito 101 103 101 - Do. 6p. e. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 102 - Do. 6p. a. Mar. & Sept. 100 99 101 - Do. fp. o. Jan.&July. 10( 8) ?1 894 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 80 91 - Cape G.Hope. 6 p c,1870 10u 106 108 - Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 108 110 - Do. 1891 100 110 112 - IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 102 110 111 - ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 - ;Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 406 108 -Natal Gov. 6 per cant .. 100 158 110 I-- N.8.G0v.0p.0.Ja.,10u1 2 100 iOl 103 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S.W. G Oy. 5 p 1,18,a 100 99 100 994 --• I Du. sp. c.,18/1 to 1"7( 100 99 10 i - I Do. d0.,1888 & upwcli. 100 99 100 - ;New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 - 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e. - 1 sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 105 - ;Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 - - - ;S. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up.. 100 100 111 - I Vle.Grov. 0 p.c. Ja.eauly 100 - - - Do. io 6 D.o. An.&Oot. 100 (11 112 1112 BRITISH MINES. 2 j Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 td - ;uliflord Amalgamated..l - 34 05 - Devon G. Cons. (TavistA 1 555 665 I --l East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 63 65 - !East Clogau Gold Ltd.) -- - - d - Cara don Cdon I.' 1 2.14. A 291 306 - pEast Cara Brea. .:3.4.° 7 71 - 'E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 1 8.9.0 41 41 - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen , •.,Bi2 10 11 - :Great South Tolgus l7s 4 41 - !G. Wheal Vor (Helston, 40 4 2 12 391 f - !Grenville - illerc-d's-Foot 8.12 85 37 - I iiingston Downs 4. 8.0 34 44 - ; Lady Bertha 12.8.6 1• 4 - ,Margaret (tiny Lelant oi, 19 21 - Ilarke Valley. 4 Myntly Iron Ore (Lim ; 21. 14 2 6 - New Setun 194 85 95 - • I North Downs 24 11 2 -- ~ ‘l"h'i Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 2 21 • - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.2 41 5i - Par Consols (St. Blazey - - - - : vrovidenee (Uny Lelnt; 10.6.; 41 43 - 1 2 SouthCaradon(StCleer 14 440 460 - 18. Cara Brea (Illogan).. - - - - I:•,'.Wheal Frau. (Mo gan; 18.18.9 50 55 - !Stray Park 30.17.6 33 85 - 1 ParnarSilv.& Lead Mtn - - - - ; Pin Croft 4 39 20 West Basset (Mogan). 14 1:. 12 - 1W L: radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 - ' West Set= - Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 876 921 - Wheal Buller(tedrutb) 10 31 37 - i Wheal Kitty (U.Lelaut) 2.0.8 - - - ;WhealLuchott - IWheal MaryAntictlen ) 8 136 141 - ;Wheal Beton 5Bl 190 195 - ;Wheal Trefawney (Lis.) 7 21 2f - ;Wheal Union 3.17 24 24 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 113. Great orthern, 41 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 102} 3 Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 31 great Western, Chester gua. stock, 763 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c , 6 per cent. 2dpf., 70 Midland New £4 shares, 2} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 94 Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 55} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 I Great Luxembourg, 11} Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 37} Sambre and Mense, 81 f South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 21} FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lint. 114 103 Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 23 Yudananzutana of S. Australia, } JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 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Hundreds have visited the locus in quo to witness their exertions. The Oxonians were a couple of days in advance of the Cantabs, and the following may be deemed a sum mary of their work :—They rose early and took walking exercises—had first what is termed a paddle, in their boat, and then took to exceedingly hard trials over the course against a picked crew of London watermen, who had to row all they possibly could to keep anything like pace with them. With the advance of training speculation gradually became more important and significant. From the com mencement of our observations several important changes have occurred in the betting. It opened at 6 to 4 on Oxford, advanced to 7 to 4 And 2 to 1, and then as the pretensions to equal merit on the part of the Cantabs were discussed, declined to 5 to 4, and sank in many cases to equal betting, but the result of the Oxonians' race against the picked witertnen on Thursday immediately after the Cantabs' trial with them, irr3sistibly led to the conclusion that the Oxonians were the better crew, and in support of that view the betting In their favour again ranged upwards from 6 to 4t02t0 1. Throughout the whole of the fluctuations in the odds which we have described, there were plenty of takers, and consequently very large sums of money, exceed ing the amount generally laid, depended upon the result. The distance was altered on this occasion in order to afford the whole of the steamboats an opportunity of being ranged in a line behind the competitors instead of lying in ambush at ditfarent points up the course and harrassing and impeding the rowers by their wash. The start was arranged to take place by the joint concurrence of the crews from barges moored nearly opposite Putney pier, the race being, as heretofore, from Putney to the ship at Mortlake, and it had been posit , vely declared that if any of the steam boat captains violated the conditions laid down the race should be deferred till the ebb, On Friday arrangements were made for the start to take place at eleven o'clock, J. W. Chitty, Esq., Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, again undertaking the onerous alas of umpire, and Mr. Edward Searle, of the firm of Messrs. Searle, the eminent boat builders, the duty of starter. The Oxford crew rowed in their old boat of last year, and the Cambridge in a new one, built expressly for the occasion by Mat Taylor, of New • castle, and the clews had received and accepted an invita tion to dine after the race with the Thames Subscription Club. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured the race with his presence on board the "George Peabody," chartered by the Thames Subscription Club. His Royal High ness, who was accompanied by the Prince Glucksburg, Gene ral Knollys, Colonel Keppel, and two others of his suite, embarked at Pimlico pier, whither he had been conveyed in a private carriage, and was received by the Hon. G. Den man, M.P., President of the Thames Subscription Club, N. Z . Phellips, Vice, and Messrs. Walter, Draper, Bobes, Alderman Rose, and Mr. H. P. Smith, the Honorary Sec retary of the club. The august party were then conveyed to the head of the boat, where a portion of the bow had been specially roped off for their exclusive accommodation. During the whole of the 20 previous races the competitors have never been so honoured. The Prince of Wales who with his party appeared much gratified with the trial of skill and manhood, debarked on their return, after the race, them. at Hammersmith -bridgo, w h ere their carriages awaited The competitors rose early and ste a good breakfast ; after which they had some slight exercise until shortly be fore the necessary preparations to get into their boats. The various steamboat piers ail up the river had been thronged with gentlemen anxious to get on board the steamers—of ,which there were nearly twenty —to accompany the race, while at Putney everything betokened bust'e, anxiety, and excitement. Betting was brisk at 6t04 on Oxford. The day was just such an one as the best judges of such matters would have selected for a 'University race. The wind was easterly, without bein g severe, tide, the surface of the water was as smooth as a we l l- k ep t bowling green. and, being with the Oxford won the choice of station, and took the side near the. Bishop of London's grounds ; soon afterwards fol lowed by the Cambridge crew, indeed the latter were afloat first. The boat carrying the Prince of Wales and suite was next to the barge when the start was made, the umpire's boat, Citizen C, being close alongside. At a quarter to 12, and without any loss of time the start, was effected admirably. Both crews went off at a fine pace, Cambridge with a slight lead, which was held for a few seconds, the rowing being very fine and very rapid in both boats, 40 and 41 strokes being male per minute. Directly after the start, the majestic sweep of the Oxford oars and the thorough-paced Oxford swing began to tell, and the boats wero for a few seconds strictly level, the rowing, although amazing in pace, being remarkably clean; but it was obvious to those who were near, within two or three minutes of the time of starting, that the Oxonians were beginning to take a slight lead; but so gal lant was the rowing of the Cambridge that it was not until their arrival near the Craven that the Oxonians got clear of them, and there had been in the doing of this much praise worthy and plucky labour on the ir part, f or t h e Cambridge were a strong crew, and not easily to be denied. The die• tance to Craven was done in 3 mm. 35 secs., and after that the Oxonians gradually drew away, and the number of strokes per minute decreased to 37, and in some cases to 36 strokes in the Cambridge boat, while the Oxonia ns were doing one more. At the Crabtree the Oxonians had increased their lead to two lengths, and the time was 4 min. 26 sec. In the shoot over to Hammer• smith-bridge the Cantabs made a desperate spurt to en deavour to better their position, but failed, and the Oxonians passed through Hammersmith -bridge four lengths ahead. Time here was variously taken from 7 rain. 40 sec. to nearly 8 min., but the pressure and collisions here were so great that men wero looking to safety rather than time, and the royal party and umpire were both shut out f rom any sight after thi s . The Oxonians went on mov i ng, and arri ve d oppos i te the Ship at Mortlake first, of ceompanied by the a f\teVral e a s repeatedl y m oments l b[ lstits t a r itout t d r s o n z e c dl n i ai ltneondr visitors. t r h o s w . Tehae T hbroarcit k, w a applauded both crews during the race, joi n i ng i n the gene ral exp ress i on of congratulation upon their success, and showed the pleasure he experienced in the rowing on the return. The general company, upon descrying the royal ensign, recognised the Prince, and he was welcomed with hearty cheers, which he duly acknowledged, The time occupied in the race by the winners was 22 rain. 23 sec. [AnytnirstmENT.]—Holloway's Pills. Hysteric and other Fits.—'These pills exert the most beneficial influence over the brain and nerves, and therefore are the safest and surest remedies for all disorders of those vital organs, Few diseases were m ore unmanageable than hysteric s , convul sions, and si m il ar fi ts, un til trial was mad e o f H o l loway ' s the patient steadily on to health an d strength. pills, whi c h proved able at once t o control the morbid irrita tion, and very rarely f a iled to carry Epileptic seizures, springing trom scr ofulous taints, are especially amenable by this treatment, which eradicates their cause. The pills should be taken in doses, calculated to act cnerg, tically on the bowels ; the die , should be di ges tibl e, nutr i t i ous , and plainly cooked ; pastry and spirits thould be altogether avoided. EXPERIMENTS AT SHOEBURYNESS, Another theoretical novelty in the way of targets was tested at this practice-ground on Wednesday, and, like most of the extraordinary novelties that are brought there, was proved to be utterly worth less in two shots. The target was one composed of compressed wool, made after Mr. Nasmyth's plan, that gentleman, and a very large number of others also, entertaining a confident opinion that a good thickness of wool when pressed tight would offer an amount of resistance to shot which, if not sufficient to keep it out altogether, was, at least, certai❑ to be enough to justify the Government in making experimental inquiries on the subject. We do not know, even if the discovery had been success tul, how it was proposed to utilise it—how, for in stance, to recoat our ironsides with 10 or 12 feet of pressed wool, or how to apply so bulky and cum brous an appliance in any way. Fortunately there is no necessity for considering such embarrassing speculation now, inasmuch as the experiment of Wednesday proved the wool to be rather more per meable to shot than almost any other novelty that has yet been fired at. A very few words is suffi• cient to tell the result. The target, if we may so call it, was a wrought iron tube, like a boiler or iron funnel, open at both ends, loft. in diameter and about Ilftt long. The wool part of the target was con structed by tilting this on end and filling it with wool as tightly as men could trample it down till thecylin der was full. It was then laid on its side fronting the gun, so as to present the appearance of a large white circular target or drum, 10ft. in diameter and lift. thick of solid wool. The first shot was fired from the Armstrong 100.pounder:with a 101 b charge, and this not only passed through the target from end to end, but buried itself in the earth behind. A second shot was fired from the 68-pounder, with the usual service charge, and this also went through, burying itself in the bank, and as a means of re , sistanoe the target was such a palpable and utter failure that even Mr. Nasmyth was satisEed with these two shots, and concurred in the uselessness of firing any more. The result exactly fulfilled the anticipations of the Iron-plate and Ordnance Com. mittees, who, however, concurred in the propriety of trying the experiment, for the sake of exploding and putting an end to the theory for ever. One would think, however, that the extensive and ex pensive experience the Government have had of the value of these new theories would by this time have given them sufficient confidence to say " No" to experiments with any further crotchets except at the inventor's own expense. Au infinitely more curious and important ex periment took place at Snoeburyness last week, to test the powers of the greatest gun yet forged by Sir William Armstrong against one of the thickest plates which Messrs. John Brown and Co.'s eminent firm have yet produced for actual armour plating. The gun was the celebrated Big Will, the 600 pounder, about which so many canards have been in circulation as to its having given way at the breech, &c., fur all of which th, re has not been the slightest foundation. This magnLficent piece of ord nance has only been fired 20 times, each time with the most prodigious result, and after the Jreat ex periment of Thuriday it was as perfect inside and out as the day it left the factory at Elswici - . The mass of iron, for it can hardly be called a plate, against which it was tried on Thurs day, was no less than eleven inches in thickness — a sample of one of the many of the samo enormous strength made by Messrs. Brown and Co. for the Russian Government to plate the sea faces of some of the most important and most exposed of the Cronstadt forts. According to the theory of the Iron-plate Committee, that the strength of an iron plate increases as the square of its thickness, the 11-inch mass tried on Thursday was equal in strength to no less than six plates of the famous Warrior target ; yet, before the experiment com menced not the slightest doubt was entertained that the 600. pounder would utterly smash if the fired with a 6001 b. shot. The real interest of the experiment consisted in ascertaining—first, whe ther the same destructive result would be gainEd by using the gun as a smooth-bore with a steel shot of half the weight; secondly, how the gun would stand the tremendous charge of 901bs. of powder; and, thirdly, whether the fracture of the plate would show that even Messrs. Brown could manufacture one of 11 inches in thickness perfect throughout. Those were the three points really at issue, and the solution of these was looked forward to with kern interest by all the officers on the ground. The first and only shot, we are happy to say, settled them all in the most satisfactory manner, and proved the enormous advantage of steel shot, the strength of the gun, and the excellent manufacture of the plate. The plate or slab of iron was four feet long by three and a half wide, and was unimpaired in its strength by a single bolt•hole or fastening. It was held up vertically against two 12 inch beams of solid oak, to which it was fastened by railway iron passing up its face on either side. Behind it, and in support of the oak beams, was the Fairbairn target of 5 inch plates and a 1 inch inner skin, with the usual massive framework of iron rib beams. This target, however, did not support the plate to be fired at, but only the beams of oik which held it in its position. There was an interval of 12 inches be tween the plate and the Fairbairn target, which was left purposely that the former might do its own work if it could unaided. - The proceedings were commenced by firing two cast iron round shot of 3001 b. weight, levelled at 200 yards' range, against " dummy" target placed close alongside the 11 inch plate, for the purpose of determining exec, degree of elevation to be given to the gun. Both these were fired with the enormous charge of 90ib. of powder. Such charges even with 600 puunders would not bo used in actual warfare, and for experimental purposes like that of Thursday were objectionable, as it seemed to mke it almost as much an effort to destroy the gun as the target. To load " Big Will" with a sack of powder, such as two men could scarcely lift into the muzzle—such a sackful as it was never built to withstand, and such as it would not be loaded with in service—seemed, as an experiment, almost childish. The gun stood it perfectly to all outward seem• i n g ; but thou) conversant with the nature of wrought iron know very well that the piece is so much the worse for the ordeal through which it has now been forced, and that they have, if any thing, less confidence in "Big Will" after such a straining than they had before it was tested at all. Our system of testing wrought-iron guns is con demned without an exception by the Artillery officers of all other nations in the world. The pre- cise range having been ascertained " Big Will" was again stuffed with a sackful of powder, but, instead of a cast-iron projectile, was loaded with a steel round shot of 34416. weight, and levelled against the target. This shot struck the very centre of the plate with a terrible crash, at a velocity of 1,660 feet, and at one blow closed the experiments of the day. Nothing further remained to be accomplished, for the target was gone. Never, probably has a more tremendous blow been struck by human agency. The mass of steel driven by the tremendous charge of powder must have struck the target with a power inconceivable, for everything went down before it. The solid oak beams behind the plate were crushed into splinters, and the plate itself hurled bodily back against the Fairbairn target and split into two pieces, one huge piece being flung away to the r;ght and the other to the left, and all this before the shot had time to penetrate to a greater depth than 41 inches. The 11-inch plate, in fact, had not suffi cient stability even to receive the blow aimed at it; it was torn apart by time tremendous force with which it was jammed against the FAirbairn target behind, and an examination of the fracture showed that its manufacture was admirable. Fourteen feet in front of the target lay the steel shot, much flattened and cracked, but evidently as good meta! of its kind as Mr. Brown's plate itself. A close examination of the gun was next made by the Inspector of Artillery, and it was found to be wholly uninjured. Notwithstanding the use of steel round shot in a rifled gun, the grooves of tho rifling remained as sharp and fine as ever, and only one feeling seemed to be entertained on the ground as to the strength of the gun and the excellence of the plates. Our readers may, perhaps, ask what further modi fications or charges are denoted by this.experiment, either in our ironclads or our artillery. We fear that, as far as a pratical result is concerned, the experiment is absolutely worthless, except as showing that Messrs. Brown and Co. can make an 11-inch plate as perfect as their plates, and that the 600 pounder will utterly destroy the most perfect 11 inch plate that can be made. Unfortunately, howeve3r, 11-inch plates are not wanted for our ironclads, be cause they cannot carry them, and still more unfor tunately, the 600 pounder which can destroy them is not in our service. The 600 pounder at Shoe buryness is only an " experimental" gun —so called, we presume, from the fact that no experiments worth speaking of have been undertaken with it, and that, though it has been rusting on the beach at Shoeburyness since last April, only 20 rounds have been fired from it in a year. What the gun will de stroy is pretty well known, but what the gun will endure before it is itself destroyed no one seems to know, or care about knowing. And it is this very question of the life of these large guns—that is, the number of effective rounds they will fire, not the number of destructive charges which they can Da made to take before breaking, which the country ought to see solved. The stereotyped answer of the Government to all complaints abut the want of effi cient artillery is that more of these great guns can not be ordered till their powers of endurance are known. Yet this 600 pounder—their best gun—has been now a whole year at Shoeburyness without even an attempt to ascertain the number of rounds it will stand. It is the same with the 300 pounders. Where are the big guns which have alone proved really efficient against thick iron plates ? Where are these 300 pounders, one shot from which hao never failed to smash the strongest experimental naval target at Shoeburyness, against which even salvoes of 68 pounders and 110 pounders were fired in vain ? There are two on board the gunnery•ship Excellent at Portsmouth, one or two at Shoebury ness, another on board the Roya: Sovereign cupola ship,and about eight unrifled, and without even car riages, in store at the Arsenal. It cannet be ima gined that the Admiralty really believe in the po tency of their old guns, or even in the Duke of Somerset's 100 pounder Armstrong smooth bores, for the successful attack of iron-plated vessels such as now exist. One 300 pounder is to be preferred to a whole broadside of such guns, and one 600 pounder is vastly superior in destructive effect lc many 300 pounders. These powerful guns are good for something or good for nothing. The public urgently desire to know the truth with respect to them, and very properly complain of spending large sums of money upon experimental machines which hitherto have been merely employed as bugbears to frighten our enemies and lull the British nation into false notions of security. We have monster iron clads, and so have other Powers; but what are they good for without suitable guns ? It is important that the public should know that, in the event of the necessity arising for large ord- nance like 300 and 600 pounders, a considerable period must elapse before they can be supplied. It the powers of endurance of the big guns are still _ _ doubtful, who is responsible for the — delay in the decision of this question ? It can hardly be attri- bated to the responsible advisers of the War office in the matter of artillery—the Ordnance Select Committee, for they must clearly have reported ;:t favour, at least, of the 300 pounder, as otherwise theSo guns would not have been formilly intro- c l ue d in t o the service. Is economy the cause ? I so, we may yenture to suggest that - , as the price of iron has risen considerably of late, the acres of ob- solete east-iron guns at the Arsenal might now be disposed of with advantage. The uninstructed Englishman, in surveying this endless ea .- ray of old and useless guns, may, perhaps, consider tho scene as peculiarly impressive, and felicitate himself that his country possesses such inexhaustible stores of ordnance. No greater or more serious delusion can well be entertained. With the exception of the Armstrong field artillery, we are now without any recognised gun, and have none whatever of large calibre for army or navy. The experiments at Shoeburyness are very interesting, and would be valuable if they were anything but experiments But the important results which have been elimina ted there have been ignored in turn by both Admi ralty and War-office, and at the end of four years' experimenting, and yearly two millions of money, we are still dawdling on at trials like that of Thurs day, when it is the plates which are tested, and not the gun which knocks them to pieces, and then rust!. till John Brown sends up a stronger and a thicker plate. A plate sent up to Shoeburyness one week is tried the next. The 300-pounders were sent there in May, 1862; the 600 pounder in April, 1863 ; and here in Mirch, 1864, the Government state that they are not yet acquainted with their powers of endurance. Experiments at Shoeburyness are very costly ; as far as acting upon their results are concerned, either in targets or guns, they seem ut terly worthless. Both the Ordnance and the Iron plate Committee know this well, and, what is worse, know that they are powerless to remedy the evil. The Yankees' Tribute to Mr. Bright ! (From the Alta California, San Francisco, Tan. 27.) The following was received by the United States Marshal yesterday, and the conditions were shortly afterwards communicated to Rubery, who signified his intention of proceeding by the first steamer to England, at the same time thanking the Marshal for ,his uniformly courteous demeanour towards him. He was then released : " Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, to all to whom these presents may come, greeting : Whereas one Alfred Rubery was convicted on or about the 12th day of October, 1863, in the circuit court of the United States for he district of California, of engaging in and giving aid and comfort to the existing rebel lion against the Government of this country, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 10,090 • dollars; and where• as the said Alfred Rubery is of the immature age of twenty years, and of highly respectable parentage; and whereas the said Alfred Rubery is a subject of Great Britain, and his pardon is desired by John Bright of England : "Now, therefore be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, these and divers other considerations me thereunto moving, and especially as a public mark of the es teem held by the United States of America for the high character and steady friendship of the said John Bright, do hereby grant a pardon to the said Alfred Rubery, the same to begin and take effect on the 20th day of January, 1864, on condition that he leave the country within thirty days from and after that date. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. " Dane at the City of Washington, this seventeenth day of Dect mber, A.D. 1863, and of the independence of the United States the eight•eighth. "By the President. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN. [L. S.] " Wm. H. SEWARD." Exeter Assizes.---A Scene in Court, (From the Law Times of to-day, just published.) A " scene" occurred at the Exeter assizes on Friday. During the hearing of a case Mr. Carter, a barrister, made an observation which Mr. Baron Bramwell said the learned gentleman had no right to make. Carter—You have no right to interrupt in this way. His Lordship—l have the right, for you are stating that which is incorrect. Carter—l have it on my rocs. His Lordship — Hea r me out, sir, You, si r , k now that the only binding record of, what a witn ess says is what appears ou the udge s notes, an d I have net got it down. Lordship — lf y ou re peat that expreabion to Carter (sharply) Then you ought to have it d o i n s . I'll semi you out of court, sir. I C I a l art t i e , r o — r d l s r h o l u p are B e a h t a l v i b e e ; o t r t 2 o e i d f o d i e t Cently, or you shall out. Lordship has no r i g ht t o a dd ress Carter—Your be sent otlt me in this way. His Lordship—I havo tl,e right and shall exer. ci3e it, very unpleasantly for you, perhaps. Carter—You may exercise the power ; but I don't know whether you have the right or not. I protest against being interrupted and addressed in this manner. His Lordship —Go on with your address, and conduct yourself properly. Carter then continued his address to the jury. THE CITY 11 1ERCANTITE CLUB a t DINING BALL COMPANY (Limited): (Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.) Capital, £BO,OOO, in 8000 shares of £lO each. Deposit, per Share on application, and £1 on allotrner Should no allotment be made the deposit will be return( in full. BANKERS. 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The Danish G3vernment has decreed the relea s of the Hanoverian ships under embargo in Danis ports. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPAIN. MADRID, March 18.—The Minister of Financ is preparing a measure for discounting the bil given in payment of the national property. Ti money will be advanced by the Bank of Spain i co-operatio❑ with an English house. LITERATURE, -0 The Magi, Agar, and Ismael, with other Poem By I. M. E, B. One vol., pp. 63. Rieuardsc and Son. Although there are but nine brief poems makir up the sixty-three pages of this little volume -4 poems altogether if we count the rhythmical prt face as one—there is enough evidence of poet' merit in these maiden effusions of I. M. E. B. t justify us in commending the work for such as it i and in looking forward (as we are fain to do) to tl renewal of our acquaintance with the anonymou writer of the book through the medium of son more matured compositions. Without one excel Lion, the whole of the nine poems and the Prefa( may be spoken of as of a distinctly religious chars( ter. NATURE is regarded by the author but as medium through which to contemplate GOD. this the writer sedulously acts upon the advice ( the Essayist on Man. If we remember rightly, is in " Festus" that Philip Bailey, by a dark figure of speech, talks of the cerulean:heavens atom us as—" the blue eye of God." To the author The Magi, Agar and Ismael, with other Poems—: is, if we might so express it, but as a tense throng which the Divine Being may appear more distinct] visible to the gaze of the Soul. Eve the second poem in the collection, the one relatin to " The Winds," comes under the category " religious poems." " The Magi" is, among all U. pieces here submitted to us, at once the most varier: in metre and the most highly elaborated in i• design. The opening apostrophe of the Prefae, expresses in a few words the whole character of th book—in the manner following :- 0 1 for a seraph's eloquence of praise, A cherub's love to swell my tepid lays An angel's ardour my weak song t' inflame, That I might spread abroad my Saviour's name? But I, small thing of nothing—what am I Who now presume to praise the Deity ; When all his wondrous works, above, below, Around, about, fail Ills great worth to show ? • the foregoing verses not only express the characte of the book, bat the humble and reverent mind o) the author of it. As a prelude to the songs o praise and adoration the book contains, the Prefac thus begun at once conciliates our approval. Legal Forms for Common Use: Being 200 Prece. dents. By .Tames Walter Smith, &q., LL.D. One Vol. Pp. 188. Effingham Wilson. Under a dozen distinct heads, the learned com piler of this very useful little guide-book to Legal Forms has cleverly and succinctly arranged his two hundred precedents. He has, in so doing, not contented himself with simply ar ranging them in something like symmetrical order. He has combined the more delicate and responsible duties of collatio❑ with those far more easily fulfilled of mere compilation. He has accompanied his array of forms and illustrative precedents with terse introductions a nd the clearest explanatory notes. The structure and tendency of the whole book may be, perhaps, the most readily, as beyond all doubt it may be the most lucidly in dicated by reference to the twelve headings put forth upon the very title-page. Negotiable Instru ments, first of all—a class of Forms of which the following, taken haphazard from the volume, may be cited as a sufficiently startling exemplar : BILL PAYABLE ON DEMAND OR AT SIGHT. £lOO Os. 01 London, Ist Nov., 1862. _ _ _ On demand or at sight], pay to me, or my order [or to G. H. or his order], One Hundred Pounds, value received. WILLIAM SIIAUSPERE. To Mr. Oliver Cromwell, No. 2, Fleet-strost, Securities next. Then Receipts and Acknowledg• ments. Afterwards Partnership. Followed by Master and Servant. The sixth division being allotted to Landlord and Tenant. The seventh to Arbitration. Then County Court Forms. Then Conveyances. Succeeded in due course by Marriage Articles and Settlements, by Wills, and by forms of a miscellaneous character. Added to all which, there is a Chapter on Stamps. As about the readiest handbook to Legal Forms evcr published, we take this half-a-crown's worth of information to be really and truly rather difficult to appraise at its just valuation. The Hand-Book of Astrology. By Zadkiel Tao Sze. Vol. IL, pp. 76. Cousins, and Berger. ghraiveevahnaccle% The e er circulati on th an Our .old friend of the s tars se p e r tr o ;s e o ti m c e a h lm ow an t , o a ever since i s ds i eh n r c us e tpo t oo h nd e htios famous trial came off in the Court ot tQEh England. g e u e l sa n un ' s Bench ad l vAa ss t many sale before ne ya h as four everyf o t yuer e Loa thousandr ha rd Chiefvingcopies Justice alreadyp ieabeo beyond preyed d overt bepublishers' counter to the believing,n Anderaolri t h z e t heti should simply " y cur w i t u h s p t ub e l i c g . ncre ! A l a i s a a m u od teosubstantial t x h p e r e v s e s n i o e n r a e b f hie e s e r e e r l i a ( p p a ro r b ch ab as ly ers w ,of ere, nee upon (now that he has been himself seen by the public at large, in actual flesh and blood, standing in a witness-box in a court of law), we have the genuine original Zadkiel Tao Sza (with that wonderful little wriggling hicoroglyphic in the centre of his name like four flies' legs making a wheel), issuing from the press this second volume of his " Handbook of Astrology." In it, that is in this second-volume-extraordinary, Zielkeil's readers will find the full, true, and particular account of Tne Doctrine of Nativities. An account, as the Sage himself announces upon his title page as "free ot" (meaning, freed from) " all mystery." According to which—th oug h w hil e we rea d we can hardly believe our eye s th a t h e should so state it Nati -" Every man may calculate his own thereby learning his own Natural Cha racter and Proper Destiny. Than which , what can a man want to know more about himself. rwBi. ocavrov was never put forth surely in more promising guise than this—as a bit of philosophical advice, quite feasible in its way, and very readily to fessing to inculcate it. be accomplished. However, here is the boo k pro- LIBERTY OF THE I jo 0.6 - out tp be establiOacd n Turkey.